So I have rambled on at some length about what made Dark Souls great, and discussed the expectations of Dark Souls II that are making the wait for it so desperately long, but really what are we being offered? It is more of the same. But it is more of something that stands out entirely from an industry that seems to be becoming more and more devoted to carbon-copies and annual releases. Hopefully it will be as refined and polished as my expectations would have you believe, something that stays true to the core gameplay whilst tweaking those few niggling little issues and offering us somewhere utterly new to explore and puzzle over.